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Hide 'Em In Your Heart scripture memory CDs by Steve Green gets my hearty recommendation for anyone with or without children who wants to memorize scripture in a fun and easy way. We heard about them from our pediatrician (who is a Christian father of young children) and got the first CD from... (More)

Posted by joyful on August 15, 2007, 2:11 pm
Category: Jonathan, Reviews, Bible

Catching, Cutting, Lights, Stairs

Jonathan is pretty good at catching a ball or object now. He likes for me to print out coloring book pages for him. But he doesn't want to color them. He likes to cut the object (usually an animal) out. He does a very nice job. He can now reach our lightswitches if he... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 16, 2007, 8:58 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Taking His Name

" Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." Exodus 20:7 (KJV) I've been thinking more recently about what this means. I grew up thinking that it pretty much just meant don't... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 16, 2007, 8:53 am
Category: Bible

Snowballs in June

The Carnegie Science Center has a promotion that if you bring a snowball in on the first day of summer, they give you free admission. Although this was the first year I'd heard of it, everyone else in Pittsburgh knew about it, too. We'd planned on getting there when it opened,... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 22, 2007, 7:38 am
Category: General

13th Tooth, More Steps, Down Stairs

6/15 - Upper left canine begins to poke through. 6/18 - Two steps in the morning, three in the evening! He continues to try walking more often, usually one or two steps before deciding that crawling is better. But yesterday, he did start crawling to me, then stood up before... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 22, 2007, 7:31 am
Category: Noah

Name That Movie and Other Jonathan Antics

We got new sidewalk chalk, since the box I bought when I was at CMU is finally used up. (: Jonathan likes to paint his tricycle tires, and he calls it "Never Proof Tire Chalk." Quotes: "I misunderheard the rules." J: "Were you one of Auntie E's... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 14, 2007, 4:37 pm
Category: Jonathan

All Is Safe In The World Again

I am in the middle of a non-direct red-eye flight from Seattle to Pittsburgh. I was supposed to go to Charlotte, NC on the way, but USAir called(!) last night to tell me to come a half hour early to the airport (I was already there and had already checked in, and having a relaxing dinner... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 14, 2007, 6:54 am
Category: Reviews

Walk

I went on a fairly long walk tonight (take a look at the topological map too, there were some decent hills) - I am in Seattle with one of my customers who is having their annual retreat, and invited me to come along. We are staying at the Palisades Retreat Center , which is a lovely place to... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 13, 2007, 1:30 am
Category: Reviews

Comparison Pictures

One is Jonathan at 9 months, one is Noah at (almost) 11 months. Can you tell who is who? There is at least one environmental clue in the pictures themselves, but don't look at the links until you've made your guess. (More)

Posted by joyful on June 9, 2007, 8:34 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

Learning to Shoot, Standing Up, J Quote

The other day, Jonathan pointed his hand like a gun at Noah and made the shooting noise (not going to try to spell that one!) Directly in response, Noah pointed at Jonathan and went, "pfff, pfff, pfff." 6/6 - Noah got to a standing position from the floor without pulling... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 8, 2007, 2:49 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah

The Report: Jonathan "Drives" A Backhoe

Just before 7:00 this morning, I thought I heard some sounds, so looked out the window to see a pickup truck but no backhoe. The backhoe arrived just after 7 and Jonathan watched out the window while I got ready for the day. Daddy said we could go out to look before breakfast since... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 24, 2007, 2:04 pm
Category: Jonathan

Hearing Continued (AKA Never Ending)

The hearing to argue pre-trial motions in Judy's case has been continued to October 9, 2007. Judy's Expert Witnesses will present written argument to the judge at that time and he will decide whether to dismiss the case or go to trial. (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 24, 2007, 10:03 am
Category: Isaac

Writing, Favorite Color, Familiar

Not to be outdone by his brother , Jonathan has some interesting things for a blog post today, too. Recently, he's been enjoying cutting out paper shapes that he draws or that I draw for him. This morning he asked me to draw the picture from the first page of Curious... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 23, 2007, 2:11 pm
Category: Jonathan

Stairs, Standing, Another Molar, More

5/7 - Noah was sitting on the kitchen floor, trying to plug the breadmaker into his bellybutton. He consistently and safely climbs up the stairs by himself now. Though I do still like to be behind him. Related to this, I really have to pay attention. I... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 12, 2007, 7:24 pm
Category: Noah

Car Accident on Penn Avenue

I am up late working on some code, and all of a sudden there is a really loud noise, and I look out my window and watch a car turn kind of sideways and roll over. As far as I can tell there wasn't a second car involved, but I don't know what could have happened to make him flip... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 11, 2007, 12:18 am
Category: General